Charter schools are tax payer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In Australia 30% of high school students are enrolled in private schools. All Australian private schools have received some federal government funding since the 1970s. Since 2010, the government has tested an initiative in Western Australia called the Independent Public School (IPS) Initiative. The federal government has shown interest in rolling out the IPS initiative nationwide.
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Response rates from 822 Newcastle voters.
47% Yes |
53% No |
32% Yes |
40% No |
11% Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools |
10% No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead |
4% Yes, but only if they are non-profit |
3% No, and education should not be privatised |
0% Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 822 Newcastle voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 822 Newcastle voters.
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Unique answers from Newcastle voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9SJWQ4C3mos3MO
No we should focus on a curriculum that it the same across ALL public schools throughout Australia and increase wages for teachers and all education support staff.
@9WQWCQP1mo1MO
The entire education system needs to be overhauled. It currently only focuses on science and maths and puts too much pressure on students to perform in these areas. There are many areas where young people can succeed and they should be allowed to pursue these areas such as art, music, dance, hospitality, child care etc and not to be made feel less than because of this. Also many things young people need to learn are not covered in school, like money management, superannuation, what your rights are at work. We want successful adults lets give them the tools instead of an inferiority complex. School is only for those who can sit and do brainless activity for 8 hours let make Australia creative and resourceful through giving our children the gift of curiosity.
@9VMP22P2mos2MO
Statistically they are not better than public schools so I don't see the point of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on education.
@9VJBDL32mos2MO
Yes, as the current public system does not do well in terms of the treatment of teachers, discipline and has a very sub-standard curriculum.
@9KMZMN89mos9MO
No, we should reform the education curriculum to remove unnecessary subjects such as cultural, political and lgbtqa+ topics.
@9KM7C7Z9mos9MO
Yes, but they should be monitored to make sure that students are learning valuable information and aren't being indoctrinated and used for minions for a greater cause (Including bad causes)
@9K9ZQGL9mos9MO
No because education should not be private, public schools need the funding and teachers need better wages
@9DXR7GG1yr1Y
Yes and they need to link this to ndis funding to encourage collaborative education
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